Synonyms for FLIGHT
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English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. flight

   A career was originally the ground for a race, or, especially, for a knight's charge in tournament or battle; whence career was early applied to the charge itself.

   If you will use the lance, take ground for your career.... The four horsemen met in full career.

   Scott Quentin Durward ch. 14, p. 194. [D. F. & CO.]

   In its figurative use career signifies some continuous and conspicuous work, usually a life-work, and most frequently one of honorable achievement. Compare BUSINESS.

   Synonyms:
   career, charge, course, line of achievement, passage, public life, race, rush

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. flight

   Synonyms:
   volitation, departure, escape, evasion, disappearance, flying, stampede, soaring, begin, fleeing, exodus

   Antonyms:
   recurrence, return, reappearance, perching, alighting, repose

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. flightnoun

   a formation of aircraft in flight

   Synonyms:
   flight of steps, trajectory, escape, flying, flight of stairs

2. flight, flyingnoun

   an instance of traveling by air

   "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"

   Synonyms:
   flight of steps, trajectory, escape, flight, flying, flight of stairs

3. flight, flight of stairs, flight of stepsnoun

   a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next

   Synonyms:
   flight of steps, trajectory, escape, flight, flying, flight of stairs

4. escape, flightnoun

   the act of escaping physically

   "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"

   Synonyms:
   relief valve, leakage, trajectory, evasion, dodging, escape, escape cock, flight of stairs, leak, safety valve, flight, escape valve, outflow, flying, flight of steps, escapism

5. flightnoun

   an air force unit smaller than a squadron

   Synonyms:
   flight of steps, trajectory, escape, flying, flight of stairs

6. flightnoun

   passing above and beyond ordinary bounds

   "a flight of fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination"

   Synonyms:
   flight of steps, trajectory, escape, flying, flight of stairs

7. trajectory, flightnoun

   the path followed by an object moving through space

   Synonyms:
   flight of steps, trajectory, escape, flight, flying, flight of stairs

8. flightnoun

   a flock of flying birds

   Synonyms:
   flight of steps, trajectory, escape, flying, flight of stairs

9. flightverb

   a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports

   "I took the noon flight to Chicago"

   Synonyms:
   flight of steps, trajectory, escape, flying, flight of stairs

10. flightverb

    shoot a bird in flight

    Synonyms:
    fledge

11. flightverb

    fly in a flock

    "flighting wild geese"

    Synonyms:
    fledge

12. fledge, flightverb

    decorate with feathers

    "fledge an arrow"

    Synonyms:
    flight, feather, fledge

Matched Categories

1. • Adorn
   • Air Travel
   • Air Unit
   • Creativity
   • Flock
   • Fly
   • Formation
   • Mechanical Phenomenon
   • Running Away
   • Shoot
   • Stairway

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. flightnoun

   Synonyms:
   flying, soaring, mounting, volitation

2. flightnoun

   Synonyms:
   fleeing, hasty departure

3. flightnoun

   Synonyms:
   flock (of birds)

4. flightnoun

   Synonyms:
   volley, shower

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. flightnoun

   Synonyms:
   flying, exodus, hegira, fleeing, absconding

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1. List of paraphrases for "flight":

   vol, flights, flying, theft, vols, leak, leakage, robbery, plane, aviation, trip, escape, in-flight, aircraft, air, pilotage, exodus, brain, journey, fly, vol., stealing, fledging, navigant, stolen, airplane, airline, weasua, aeroplane

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How to use FLIGHT in a sentence?

1. Yael Maguire:

   We're thrilled about what happened with our first flight, there are still a lot of technical challenges that need to be addressed for us to achieve the whole mission.

2. Director Thomas Winkelmann:

   We need to use all of the Lufthansa group's resources, maintenance, flight operations, cockpit crews and all other experts, to jointly with authorities and with Airbus find out as quickly as possible what happened.

3. Emmerson Mnangagwa:

   Zimbabwe is going through both political and economic reforms and these do not come easily. It will take time for things to settle and results to be shown, in normal circumstances the president should have canceled the trip or booked a flight back home to deal with a very urgent situation, but it could be that he has absolute confidence that his deputy is in charge.

4. Alex Hill:

   Locally, we've seen grocer flight, you can find Kroger stores in a ring around the city, but none inside the border of Detroit.

5. Benedikt Komarek:

   We try to optimize processes throughout the entire building, business guests are used to traveling a lot -- they know how to check-in for their flight or how to choose their seat in the airplane and they are looking for this fast service as well in their accommodation. They don't want to stand in line or wait until it's their turn.